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keep terrorist out of america act will ensure we keep america as it is with the terrorist who tried to bring down flight 253. we are a nation at war. we should act like it. we need to send a clear signal to our friends and enemy that's this government will stop at nothing to protect our homeland. thank you for listening. >> you are watching c-span. coming up, the state of the state addresses by california and new york. and after that ceremonies in houston and atlanta. >> earlier this week, california state governor delivered his state of the state address. he won reelection in 206. he is not el gibble to run for office again. it is about half an hour. thank you senate president pro tem steinberg, speaker bass, senator hollingsworth, assemblyman blakeslee, attorney general brown, treasurer lockyer, secretary of state bowen, controller chung, insurance commissioner poizner, superintendent of public instruction o'connell, members of the board of equalization, all my cabinet secretaries, my chief of staff susan kennedy, and members of the legislature. it's good to see everyone together aga
keep terrorist out of america act will ensure we keep america as it is with the terrorist who tried to bring down flight 253. we are a nation at war. we should act like it. we need to send a clear signal to our friends and enemy that's this government will stop at nothing to protect our homeland. thank you for listening. >> you are watching c-span. coming up, the state of the state addresses by california and new york. and after that ceremonies in houston and atlanta. >> earlier...
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. >> reporter: so where does america stand? this month cbs news is taking stock, both of where we stand now and where we could stand in the future. for our part, sunday morning is going for a full culture shock, taking america's temperature in the arts, books, movies, all things creative which brings us to this morning's status report on american creativity. >> you've seen that great industrial revolution where people are inventing the telephone, the telegraph, the light bulb and everything else. you've seen the push that came because of the internet and the digital revolution. and now we're looking for what's going to be the evening inof the driver of a new creativity. >> reporter: the creative mind and more. where america stands starting this sunday morning. >> osgood: creativity takes many forms. there's a school of art that you could call beetle mania. january blackstone this morning meets its star practitioner. >> i was phobic of insects growing up. the first half of my life i could not stay far enough away from bugs. >> r
. >> reporter: so where does america stand? this month cbs news is taking stock, both of where we stand now and where we could stand in the future. for our part, sunday morning is going for a full culture shock, taking america's temperature in the arts, books, movies, all things creative which brings us to this morning's status report on american creativity. >> you've seen that great industrial revolution where people are inventing the telephone, the telegraph, the light bulb and...
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and coming from the department of homeland security and the number one terrorist threat to america is the right-wing extremist, the conservative party or anybody who opposes the war or anything like that. and what did you think our country would be better served if our military was here to protect us and not spread throughout the world and the middle east like you said intervening all of this things and dropping drones on yemen and pakistan and innocent people and what ever. >> host: ambassador crocker? >> guest: you're absolutely right the primary duty of any administration is the security of america and the american people. that was true in the bush administration just as it is true in the obama administration. the challenge comes in figuring out how that is best done. in the will of the 21st century, where our threats come from non-state actors, groups like al qaeda it is a more complicated process and difficult one in many respects than it was during the cold war era. but again, one thing i would say to all of the c-span viewers is think carefully when you use the word enemy and d
and coming from the department of homeland security and the number one terrorist threat to america is the right-wing extremist, the conservative party or anybody who opposes the war or anything like that. and what did you think our country would be better served if our military was here to protect us and not spread throughout the world and the middle east like you said intervening all of this things and dropping drones on yemen and pakistan and innocent people and what ever. >> host:...
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>> host: in america. . . this being coming up next, booktv presents after words, an hourlong program where we invite guest hosts to interview authors. this week long time talk radio program brian jennings discusses his latest book, "censorship" the threat to silence talk radio. mr. jennings explained what he believes will be the backdoor path to reinstating the fairness doctrine and silencing conservative talk radio. mr. jennings discusses his book with a nationally syndicated talk show host, monica crowley. >> host: i am monica crowley, the host of a nationally syndicated radio program "the monica crowley show." i'm also a panelist on the mcglaughlin group and a political and foreign affairs analyst for the fox news channel. i am delighted to welcome to the program today brian jennings. brian is one of the nation's top talk radio programmers. he served more than a decade as a national vice president of top programming for citadel broadcasting. he is an authority on talk radio. everybody in the industry knows
>> host: in america. . . this being coming up next, booktv presents after words, an hourlong program where we invite guest hosts to interview authors. this week long time talk radio program brian jennings discusses his latest book, "censorship" the threat to silence talk radio. mr. jennings explained what he believes will be the backdoor path to reinstating the fairness doctrine and silencing conservative talk radio. mr. jennings discusses his book with a nationally syndicated...
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what he was planning was an attack on america. this is a is war-like act. he should not be treated like a domestic criminal. >> larry: can you treat someone as a military combatant and then later try them criminally? >> you can do anything you want. the justice department could move him around in all different ways. the reality is in this particular case he should have been treated as an enemy combatant. after all, the president and the attorney general have authorized military tribunals. now, if you're going to have military tribunals and you're going to try some people in a military tribunal, somebody who comes to the united states with a bomb to blow up an airplane in one of our cities should be treated as a wartime criminal, not like a domestic criminal. and that may be an academic dispute for some people, but here's the difference. if you treat him as a criminal justice defendant, you cannot question him in the same way as you can question if he's an enemy combatant. and we want to know -- i'd like to know everything he knows. i'd like us to have the -
what he was planning was an attack on america. this is a is war-like act. he should not be treated like a domestic criminal. >> larry: can you treat someone as a military combatant and then later try them criminally? >> you can do anything you want. the justice department could move him around in all different ways. the reality is in this particular case he should have been treated as an enemy combatant. after all, the president and the attorney general have authorized military...
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to create a job here in america -- small business. we may take a look at what he has to offer and maybe change it here or there, but for the most part i think the president gave us a very good prescription of how to move and increase the opportunities for businesses to create jobs. host: the president also called for a great increase in our exports. what are some of the barriers right now to americans exporting work, their products overseas? guest: the fact that too many countries have agreements with us are not respecting those. they are not enforcing the provisions while we do a very good job of trying to abide by the rules and the trade agreement here and offer those foreign companies opportunities here to sell their goods. to many countries abroad are not respecting our product, our workers, and allowing the markets to be open to our goods. if we're going to sign an agreement, we have to make sure both parties live up to it. too many times in the past years we have seen the trade agreements to open our markets, but not those of fo
to create a job here in america -- small business. we may take a look at what he has to offer and maybe change it here or there, but for the most part i think the president gave us a very good prescription of how to move and increase the opportunities for businesses to create jobs. host: the president also called for a great increase in our exports. what are some of the barriers right now to americans exporting work, their products overseas? guest: the fact that too many countries have...
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. >> i think it would be truly irresponsible for us, america, to send prisoners of war that we hold now back to yemen. >>reporter: the white house says once the facility closes, some yemeny detainees will go there. they are working with their government to insure safety for all americans. >> there are about 90 detainees there. >>> a developing story out of new jersey. flights at the international airport have been grounded and several passengers are being rescreened as we speak. these are still photos taken of the scene inside the airport a few hours ago. this was stemmed by a man who walked through a screening checkpoint exit and in to a terminal. he was spotted on airport surveillance camera. all the passengers were asked to go back out and go through security screenings again. >>> concerns tonight for florida oranges. how long i use $2,000 holiday cash to get $5,500 total cash back on select 09 silverado vehicles in stock. >>> good evening, folks. it's call coming to an end, as far as the holiday times and we're back to reality. one of the reality checks is the temperatures. it is ju
. >> i think it would be truly irresponsible for us, america, to send prisoners of war that we hold now back to yemen. >>reporter: the white house says once the facility closes, some yemeny detainees will go there. they are working with their government to insure safety for all americans. >> there are about 90 detainees there. >>> a developing story out of new jersey. flights at the international airport have been grounded and several passengers are being rescreened...
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this overspending has led to the average price of an american car -- not made in america but sold to us americans $26,000, which is about 25% higher in inflation control dollars than it was a few decades ago when i got my license. this stunning car parked in front of this beautiful home is emblematic of how central the car or -- i should say cars because many of us have multiple vehicles have become to the american dream. and americans do believe still that the car can drive us toward opportunity and help us show it off when we get there. we were mystified initially by how -- when you buy a new car people tend towvr almost involuntary say to you congratulations. and at first we couldn't quite figure out why that was worthy of congratulations but once upon a time, it was. you earned. you saved. you bought a car. and it was representative of an achievement. and in those days gm works to set the stage for us and first you bought the chevy and then you moved up the corporate and social ladder. you got the buick. and if you got the full american dream, the cadillac. but the american car b
this overspending has led to the average price of an american car -- not made in america but sold to us americans $26,000, which is about 25% higher in inflation control dollars than it was a few decades ago when i got my license. this stunning car parked in front of this beautiful home is emblematic of how central the car or -- i should say cars because many of us have multiple vehicles have become to the american dream. and americans do believe still that the car can drive us toward...
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this is c-span's america and the courts. next supreme court justice, ruth bader againstburg and melanne vs verveer. hometown, and this is my favorite lecture series, too. among our president's innovations, he created a new post at the state department, ambassador at large for global women's issues. and for that important post, he chose melanne verveer, an altogether fitting appointment, freeing women worldwide from fear and want and enabling them to develop their talents without artificial restraint is the mission of the new ambassadorship. with melanne at the helm, i anticipate women's rights will become central to human rights agenda. she has an extraordinary capacity for, and in her new job, she has become a globetrotter. functioning fully on not more than four hours of sleep a night, and i know how that is, she prolongs her workday and i'm told she's able to adjust to time changes instantly. indicative of her awesome efficiency, she turned out thanksgiving dinner for her family just 48 hours after she returned from an ar
this is c-span's america and the courts. next supreme court justice, ruth bader againstburg and melanne vs verveer. hometown, and this is my favorite lecture series, too. among our president's innovations, he created a new post at the state department, ambassador at large for global women's issues. and for that important post, he chose melanne verveer, an altogether fitting appointment, freeing women worldwide from fear and want and enabling them to develop their talents without artificial...
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fernandez argue that global warming and the price of gasoline are not the only problems presented by america's love of cars. anne lutz fernandez "carjacked" 50 minutes of the new canaan library in new canaan, connecticut. .. >> and spent a beautiful weekend celebration together. but invariably, as it happened over the past prior few years, the conversation turned to the loss of our cousin, christie, in a car crash. and shortly after we lost christie, i lost a good friend in a highway crash. and these two losses had a profound effect on our lives. and we started chewing on the contradictions that the car presents, particularly that contradiction between the intense pleasure that the car brings to us, and the profound losses and tragedies that it also can bring. and on a daily basis, the contradictions between the convenience that the car brings and the frustrations that it also brings. so broadly speaking we want to explore the impact that this single object, this powerful piece of technology has on our lives. and we thought we could bring to bear our respected expert is. my sister is a profess
fernandez argue that global warming and the price of gasoline are not the only problems presented by america's love of cars. anne lutz fernandez "carjacked" 50 minutes of the new canaan library in new canaan, connecticut. .. >> and spent a beautiful weekend celebration together. but invariably, as it happened over the past prior few years, the conversation turned to the loss of our cousin, christie, in a car crash. and shortly after we lost christie, i lost a good friend in a...
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god bless you and god bless america. [applause] >> the special election to fill the massachusetts senate seat of the late dan gaddy -- ted kennedy is today. you will see the results tonight on c-span. we spoke with a reporter about the outlook for the race. >> jonathon martin it is in massachusetts covering the senate race. several polls were released today about the race, including one for the politico. >> it shows scott brown has a sizable lead that is outside the margin of error, which is to say it surpasses the three or four-point margin. it is shocking. few democrats weeks ago thought that he had a chance to win. they thought the race would be closer than expected, but barry to people --and even -- very few people --even democrats were expecting him to win like this. he could pull off one of the most shocking upsets in recent political history. >> how are the campaign's reacting? >> the democrats are scrambling to sound the alarm, to shake up the democrat out of their complacency, by emphasizing the less favorable e
god bless you and god bless america. [applause] >> the special election to fill the massachusetts senate seat of the late dan gaddy -- ted kennedy is today. you will see the results tonight on c-span. we spoke with a reporter about the outlook for the race. >> jonathon martin it is in massachusetts covering the senate race. several polls were released today about the race, including one for the politico. >> it shows scott brown has a sizable lead that is outside the margin of...
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the buy america provisions have caused some disruptions. the vast majority of our trade with the united states is irritant-free. . . that is the example we are trying to set for the world and is the message which tried to push forward. >> we will come back and ask about your relationship with the american president. that is always critical. that in many other topics still to come. >> mr. harper, please do something about the environment now. >> there are some pretty compelling concerns. there is the copenhagen accord. people are wondering what this is. there is an agreement but it is not legally binding. >> it is important, an important step forward. it certainly is not all we were seeking. it is not yet a legally binding accord. that is where we hope this will eventually go. there are some important steps forward. all of the countries are recognizing this is a problem. we had a big battle until very recently. they were denying that had anything to do about their emissions. we have been asking about this for about four years. everybody is n
the buy america provisions have caused some disruptions. the vast majority of our trade with the united states is irritant-free. . . that is the example we are trying to set for the world and is the message which tried to push forward. >> we will come back and ask about your relationship with the american president. that is always critical. that in many other topics still to come. >> mr. harper, please do something about the environment now. >> there are some pretty compelling...
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and the united states of america will emerge stronger than before. tonight i return to speak to all of you about an issue that is senseless. that is the issue of health care. >> this man would be given no care whatsoever. the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> you lie. >> my statements were inappropriate. >> i've come here to cairo to seek a new beginning. between the united states and muslims around the world. >> the haunting image of a young woman dying in the street has now been seen all over the world. you have consistently denied the holocaust happened. these are dead bodies from a german concentration camp. is this photo a lie? >> there are many historical events y is is this one in particular so important to you? >> a libyan agent convicted in the attack that killed 270 people welcomed home today as a hero. >> despicable, reprehensible. it's immoral. ♪ good and evil >> there is no certainty. >> be advised we are in a bad situation. >> we need you to come in immediately. >> this is a war. >> we're taking
and the united states of america will emerge stronger than before. tonight i return to speak to all of you about an issue that is senseless. that is the issue of health care. >> this man would be given no care whatsoever. the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> you lie. >> my statements were inappropriate. >> i've come here to cairo to seek a new beginning. between the united states and muslims around the world. >> the haunting...
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the most powerful lumber family in america. her boyfriend was out there. she was going to go join him. and he drove his motorcycle, italian imported motorcycle basically into a guardrail and died instantly. she went to his wedding dress as it would've -- forgive me. she went to his funeral dressed as a widow, dressed in black and dale. and her life was changed. we maintain this is armchair psychology. you might call it that check we maintain that event had to happen for molly to be liberated in a sense to go on and become molly ivins, champion of progressive political causes, social justice warrior, that she, you know, you might judge us when you read and say that's a canard. that's a literary device that you choose to explain this thing. we write in the book, his ashes were dispensed into the long island sound, and by his family and it was as if molly -- holding molly down, these expectations to join above the cloud line that gilded world that her father and mother really wanted, they too were blowing away like the ashes. and molly was irrevocably changed
the most powerful lumber family in america. her boyfriend was out there. she was going to go join him. and he drove his motorcycle, italian imported motorcycle basically into a guardrail and died instantly. she went to his wedding dress as it would've -- forgive me. she went to his funeral dressed as a widow, dressed in black and dale. and her life was changed. we maintain this is armchair psychology. you might call it that check we maintain that event had to happen for molly to be liberated in...
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there is no more sexism in america. that is so passe. that is pretty much the kind of attitude i ran into when i first began
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i would not be surprise israel reacts sooner than america. israel does not want to do that we know that, because the consequences would be severe not just return fire on israel, but much of europe and also in the world community. so president obama wants to forestall that, but is he going to act in time? can he rally the world opinion to forestall that? >> no, i don't believe he can. >> paul: you don't believe he can? >> i do believe he thinks he can because he thinks he can get u.n. sanctions together and china is saying no dice we don't want to do it. >> well, you know, this raises my biggest concern about this coming year, paul, which is this is going to be the beginning of the surge in afghanistan, big commitment, it's complicated by the behavior of the pakistanis as well. this is a really big thing for barack obama. i think my question is, can he handle two big crises and something like iraq would be-- or iran, iran would be that and it's not clear to me that this white house has the will to take on two or three big things and, you know,
i would not be surprise israel reacts sooner than america. israel does not want to do that we know that, because the consequences would be severe not just return fire on israel, but much of europe and also in the world community. so president obama wants to forestall that, but is he going to act in time? can he rally the world opinion to forestall that? >> no, i don't believe he can. >> paul: you don't believe he can? >> i do believe he thinks he can because he thinks he can...
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it's like there is america. this is like the western european everything is good here and everything else in the east is bad. i'm guessing it wasn't my intention. but some people like to get -- that is geographical. this is more spiritual for me. this is how my life changed in new york. i thought i would be -- i wasn't interested in making children's books but i thought i will make one book, two books, 250 laypeople in america can't be problems to sell you a million books. i thought i would be making animated film out of it. i realize i have to pay for the apartment, and somebody said you could do editorial illustrations. so in 1984, in june, i pointed "new york times" and they gave me first assignment, which changed my life because they gave me two pictures to do. i gave him three options for each picture. i said i can do it in one line which would take 10 minutes or half an hour, one hour. but everybody was doing the. i wanted to make sure i've reduce something which nobody else is doing so i would be getting
it's like there is america. this is like the western european everything is good here and everything else in the east is bad. i'm guessing it wasn't my intention. but some people like to get -- that is geographical. this is more spiritual for me. this is how my life changed in new york. i thought i would be -- i wasn't interested in making children's books but i thought i will make one book, two books, 250 laypeople in america can't be problems to sell you a million books. i thought i would be...
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john's which is one of the finest private schools in america. george w. bush wanted to go to st. john's but they wouldn't let him and so he went to kincaid which isn't a bad school, another very prominent powerful school but they were in the same orbit. just down the block from each other in the river oaks area and they mingled with the country clubs and they were in the nexus of the high energy and political world in texas. senator john tower drop by the house. just the kind of environment, she grow extremely conservative and began resisting -- back on track should begin looking at things i think she felt were seditious, something the was going to bug the crap out of her father, and she began reading a little publication that a friend of hers had in her house that clearly was not welcome at the speed delete the ivins house also would was called the texas observer, 32nd sales pitch, if you believe molly ivins and fierce journalism by a copy of it, subscribe, go on line, told them you love them. the observers defined by many ways molly's sensibility or ethos or her view of moralit
john's which is one of the finest private schools in america. george w. bush wanted to go to st. john's but they wouldn't let him and so he went to kincaid which isn't a bad school, another very prominent powerful school but they were in the same orbit. just down the block from each other in the river oaks area and they mingled with the country clubs and they were in the nexus of the high energy and political world in texas. senator john tower drop by the house. just the kind of environment,...
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the job of the press, yes, is to sing the praises of america when america does well, but it's also to question authority and to the extent that it gets on the rah, rah band wagon it's not fulfilling its obligation. >> jon: let's talk about 2003, space shuttle columbia breaks apart on reentry, killing everyone aboard and scattering debris across texas and louisiana. and elizabeth smart found in utah, abducted from her bedroom. martha stewart, jail was in her future. and california elected arnold schwarzenegger as governor. and the story of the year, shock and awe as president bush declares war on iraq. jim, your thoughts about that, you know, momentous-- >> again, just to make that list is a reminder how much the media can get lost on stories and frankly aren't that important. elizabeth smart was a tragedy to her father and some americans, but iraq war was more on that and the media picked up on that. >> jon: and the media were accused to giving too much support to the war in iraq when it began. >> it was clear our coverage was gull ab, naive to use cal's words boosterish and here we a
the job of the press, yes, is to sing the praises of america when america does well, but it's also to question authority and to the extent that it gets on the rah, rah band wagon it's not fulfilling its obligation. >> jon: let's talk about 2003, space shuttle columbia breaks apart on reentry, killing everyone aboard and scattering debris across texas and louisiana. and elizabeth smart found in utah, abducted from her bedroom. martha stewart, jail was in her future. and california elected...
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he'll bring that back for eclipse which is coming out in july. >> have you seen the bbc america series being human? it's a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost. >> that's right. right. >> that will be the next thing being made into a movie, i'm sure. 3-d is going to be very big. a lot of folks, i mean, the vast majority of people seeing "avatar" are seeing it in 3-d? >> the 3-d appeal is boosting "avatar's" money haul i think. and that's, you know -- >> they can charge you more. they love that. >> they can charge you more. as can imax. a lot of theaters are not equipped for 3-d. i also think this past year has seen a big jump in the technology of 3-d. and alice in wonderland which is coming out in march, tim burton must have been so jazzed to be able to do it in 3-d. we'll see more of hat. >> what movie are you most looking forward? >> most forward to iron man 2. i think robert downey jr. have really made a mark for themselves. they want to make a rock 'n' roll superhero franchise that stands apart from itself. i think that one's going to be the best. >> it's always good to see you. thank y
he'll bring that back for eclipse which is coming out in july. >> have you seen the bbc america series being human? it's a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost. >> that's right. right. >> that will be the next thing being made into a movie, i'm sure. 3-d is going to be very big. a lot of folks, i mean, the vast majority of people seeing "avatar" are seeing it in 3-d? >> the 3-d appeal is boosting "avatar's" money haul i think. and that's, you know --...
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believe that their response due to competition is move offshore and put people out of work here in america. i think the right response is to try to do better engineering. >> reporter: with computer generated specs and patented graphics, sales of bowling balls have gone a few hundred to several thousand a month. the nonunion employees share in the profits each quarter. the abandoned factories around every corner, there is a sense here of not only good fortune to be working, but also to be part of something, almost everyone said was impossible. we got a chance to test out some of those high-tech michigan made bowling balls. the core is supposed to help you steer it into the pocket. back to you. >> steve in mexico city this evening. you can find all our job hunt stories at foxnews.com. click on the link at the top of the page. click on the city, find employment stories we've done all over the place. >>> steve in mexico tonight. we got a stunning and gruesome example today of how brutal the drug war is now in mexico. a 36-year-old man's body left in the streets. they found it in seven pieces,
believe that their response due to competition is move offshore and put people out of work here in america. i think the right response is to try to do better engineering. >> reporter: with computer generated specs and patented graphics, sales of bowling balls have gone a few hundred to several thousand a month. the nonunion employees share in the profits each quarter. the abandoned factories around every corner, there is a sense here of not only good fortune to be working, but also to be...
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america is not ready, not prepared for this. it's not about about. it's not discussed. not debated it. it's been on the edges, and now it's happening. how in particular the american will respond to. i'm not going to advise president obama, because it's too late but i can't get the message through in time. on the question of -- your very interesting point, more than one minute to reply to. overestimate the stability -- perhaps we will chat about that. i mean, i mean, i like the way you look at the question, the chinese f. new city and pointing out the importance of -- this is also part of the picture. i think there has to be -- i didn't talk about that. you're absolutely right. it is another aspect to look at it. and i think looking at, you know, the way in which you presented a certain auto conflict of discordant relationship between civilization state and chinese state is also interesting point. i respond positively to your point. there was one of the things i to say. >> don't have time. >> i don't have time. he is state power. state power. i can do anything. >> you ha
america is not ready, not prepared for this. it's not about about. it's not discussed. not debated it. it's been on the edges, and now it's happening. how in particular the american will respond to. i'm not going to advise president obama, because it's too late but i can't get the message through in time. on the question of -- your very interesting point, more than one minute to reply to. overestimate the stability -- perhaps we will chat about that. i mean, i mean, i like the way you look at...
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. >> now here's a look at som other stories making news early today in america. >>> three teenagers were rescued after being stranded on an ice sheetin a michigan river. their boat diedn a frigid 4 degree weather and that forced them to float across a floating piece of wayward ice. firefighters usedn air boat to rescue them. >>> orange farmers in florida are sambling to save their trees. some have sprinkler running all week. the younger trees arespecially vulnerable to frost and e constant miss ma make the difference between a fruitful orchard. > on colorado couple to a snificant starting line. the pair decided to get married on a racetrack, as it's the activy that first brohthem togetr. while the two survived fiery crashes, fortunately a safe victory lap. but this union right on track. what a way to start a marriage. >>> and a pledge made 20 years ago by third graders in washington brought former assmates back to their school. the third grade class vowed to meet at non on new year's day in 2010. the teacher said he didn't know how many people would show up. the reunited class now plans
. >> now here's a look at som other stories making news early today in america. >>> three teenagers were rescued after being stranded on an ice sheetin a michigan river. their boat diedn a frigid 4 degree weather and that forced them to float across a floating piece of wayward ice. firefighters usedn air boat to rescue them. >>> orange farmers in florida are sambling to save their trees. some have sprinkler running all week. the younger trees arespecially vulnerable to...
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harry reid had said america was ready to elect a light skinned african-american. today, harry reid issued a statement, saying he sincerely apologize for offending any and all americans, especially african-americans. it >>> people in northern california are a bit shaken up after 6.5 earthquake. the u.s. geological survey says it was centered about 30 miles off the coast. it shook buildings and knocked out power to several coastal communities, but no reports of injuries or any major damage. >>> the phrase "there is no use crying over spilled milk" had new meeting today and nature. some drivers could not believe with assault on a highway overpass. a tractor-trailer overturned, spilling thousands of gallons of milk. it froze and look like ice cream covering the road. >> wow, messy situation. >>> the cold weather in the northeast and mid-atlantic, all the way to florida. miami today, only 40 degrees, wind chill advisory, wind chill warning because it may drop into the 20's. that is called for south florida. for us, seems like another day. pennsylvania avenue, the wind
harry reid had said america was ready to elect a light skinned african-american. today, harry reid issued a statement, saying he sincerely apologize for offending any and all americans, especially african-americans. it >>> people in northern california are a bit shaken up after 6.5 earthquake. the u.s. geological survey says it was centered about 30 miles off the coast. it shook buildings and knocked out power to several coastal communities, but no reports of injuries or any major...
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america and the courts today at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span. fox news contributor michelle malkin is our guest, the blogger and author of four books, takes your call, e-mails and tweets. three hours with michelle malkin, live at 2 eastern on book-tv. >> and now a look at a new law from this morning's "washington journal" this, is about 45 minutes. host: first time guest to the "washington journal" is dr. david shern, and we understand that a significant federal law is taking effect this week in the area of mental health, tell us what is happening. guest: we have been working for years, to get this bill passed. and what this act does is it ends the historical pattern of discrimination of mental health in terms of health coverage. host: when we talk about mental health, what are we talking about? guest: there is a wide range, the most common is depression. it affects 15-18% of people throughout the course of their lifetime. additions are common with alcohol abuse addiction is the most common. and there are anxiety disorders and severe illness and
america and the courts today at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span. fox news contributor michelle malkin is our guest, the blogger and author of four books, takes your call, e-mails and tweets. three hours with michelle malkin, live at 2 eastern on book-tv. >> and now a look at a new law from this morning's "washington journal" this, is about 45 minutes. host: first time guest to the "washington journal" is dr. david shern, and we understand that a significant federal law is...
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just click "america and the courts." join us next week at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> you are watching c-span, created for you as a public service by america's cable companies. next, the future of health care. after that, forÑi work justice sandra day o'connor on the recent high court rulings. qu>> congress talks about whether legislation is headed, next. this is about one part five hours. >> good morning. good morning, and welcome, it is great to see all of you bright eyed and energetic. we have a great session this morning. before we start, i thought i would do two quick things of business. last night,çó the illinois campaign for better health care representative decided that he was born to be a little creative -- going to be a little creative. he broke out the words "budget reconciliation process." and then he wondered what words you could not make out of those letters and what words can you make out of those letters. i am going to read what you can can't not do. -- cannot do. you cannot spell the word filibuster. you can't spell out the wor
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-- can these measures keep america safe? >> there is no foolproof solution. our adversaries will seek new ways to evade this. >> the president suggested no one would be fired as a result, insisting failures were not the responsibility of any individual. instead the commander in chief took full responsibility for keeping the country safe, saying ultimately the buck stops with me. >> the threat of an al qaeda attack in yemen calls the british and u.s. embassies to shut down. authorities arrested three suspected al qaeda militants who were wounded in recent fighting and seized in a hospital north of the capital. our middle east editor reports from there. >> the anti-government put their anti-terrorist unit on display. they are under pressure from their allies to get results against al qaeda. while this was going on, his colleagues were on real operations not far away. this unit was part of the interior ministry trained by advisers from britain and the u.s.. the yemeni government is embarrassed by its military [unintelligible] it is politically difficult and dang
-- can these measures keep america safe? >> there is no foolproof solution. our adversaries will seek new ways to evade this. >> the president suggested no one would be fired as a result, insisting failures were not the responsibility of any individual. instead the commander in chief took full responsibility for keeping the country safe, saying ultimately the buck stops with me. >> the threat of an al qaeda attack in yemen calls the british and u.s. embassies to shut down....
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i'm sensing a real sense of responsibility in america. i am sensing real duty in america. i think people came out -- they are getting hard laughs. but in the second half i'm telling stories about the founding of america. bill: you saw my talking points memo. off the chartswh brilliant. don't you wish you could do something like that? >> don't i. you know what i like about you? humility. bill: i knew you would say that. obama. i think henk played it mostly smart. i think he helped the country of by going overtes there. >> barack obama is brilliant. he's a greato commune kayer to. bill: they love him over there. >> i don't like that. bill: but we need those people to help us out. >> do we? bill: theyel said they ponied ua trillion dollars. but we need those people to help us out in intel and basically to be enabling iran. >> they are socialists. they believe in let everybody just live together and can't we all just get along. that's leading europe to the brink of disaster. bill: did you cover this limbaugh on your show? >> no, it's a distraction. bill: there is a legitimate
i'm sensing a real sense of responsibility in america. i am sensing real duty in america. i think people came out -- they are getting hard laughs. but in the second half i'm telling stories about the founding of america. bill: you saw my talking points memo. off the chartswh brilliant. don't you wish you could do something like that? >> don't i. you know what i like about you? humility. bill: i knew you would say that. obama. i think henk played it mostly smart. i think he helped the...
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to be more specific comment every year the farmers of america sell the breweries more than 1 billion pounds of farm products worth $250 million. from these fine gold and green, the breweries produce over a billion gallons of immaculately pure beer and ale in barrels, camp, and bottles. to suit every taste and personal preference here it taxes on beer and ale provides $850 million figure to state and federal governments. this is in addition to the property and income taxes paid by the brewers, dear distributors, retailers, and their respective employees. the brewing industry is proud of its contributions to america and find malt beverages, employment, from material purchases, byproduct vomit and taxes. the beer promotion film you just saw was created in 1952 for the united states brewers foundation. the entire film is part of the praline are archived and can be watched online at archive.org. you can learn more about said to's book at prohibition hangover.com. >> now my move back to iran coincided with the change in my own life. and as you might suspect, given the title of my book i me
to be more specific comment every year the farmers of america sell the breweries more than 1 billion pounds of farm products worth $250 million. from these fine gold and green, the breweries produce over a billion gallons of immaculately pure beer and ale in barrels, camp, and bottles. to suit every taste and personal preference here it taxes on beer and ale provides $850 million figure to state and federal governments. this is in addition to the property and income taxes paid by the brewers,...
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is that what america wants? >> i think that's what obama wants in terms of he wants to get this health care accomplishment done but the problem that the president has had is he's been on the wrong topic. it should have been the economy and jobs jobs and now it's givee way he's approached and the previous segment i was talking about this, that this was a police operation and not a war on terror. he has another incident on his hands that he's faced with. he's not addressing the number one problem effectively in terms of jobs and he's clearly now behind the curve here in terms of dealing with a war on terror. >> richard, how does the president avoid this becoming a partisan issue? terrorism and the prevention thereof should be nonpartisan, yet the meeting that is scheduled that the president will have this week when he returns, there is some concern that all sides won't be represented. >> well, i think basically that the president's style is actually well suited for these challenges. i mean, he tends to be cautious
is that what america wants? >> i think that's what obama wants in terms of he wants to get this health care accomplishment done but the problem that the president has had is he's been on the wrong topic. it should have been the economy and jobs jobs and now it's givee way he's approached and the previous segment i was talking about this, that this was a police operation and not a war on terror. he has another incident on his hands that he's faced with. he's not addressing the number one...
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we have this conundrum that the places in africa and, to some extent, i am in america, whether we are talking about water basins or arid lands, wells, these are all countries where there is a map. it is provided in the book that looks at this question of oversight. from more of a macro, a global sense, we are faced with a series of problems with certain countries and their overall level of governance as it is there general inability of fragility that prevents them from being able to manage their water resources and a whole other series of resources as well. the second point i wanted to point out is that water, in most of its forms, can be classified as a common resource, sometimes called a common, and lending itself in the minds of many to the tragedy of commons. it is a tragedy to exploited to the point where it disappears. -- exploit to the point where it disappears -- . -- exploit it to the point where it disappears. i was fortunate to have my ph.d. adviser at indiana, who was doing remarkable work on this topic that showed clearly that you do not want to move into the tragedy of t
we have this conundrum that the places in africa and, to some extent, i am in america, whether we are talking about water basins or arid lands, wells, these are all countries where there is a map. it is provided in the book that looks at this question of oversight. from more of a macro, a global sense, we are faced with a series of problems with certain countries and their overall level of governance as it is there general inability of fragility that prevents them from being able to manage...
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in a few short decades, america underwent, i think, a fantastic transformation. in politics, and society, and the culture. and i think most people wanted what had happened and who they were at the end of this. in the decades following the revolution. before the revolution, america had been a collection of desperate british colonies composed of some 2 million subjects, huddled along the atlantic coast, 3000 miles from the summit of civilization. european outpost of this peak was cultural focus is still london, the metropolitan center of the empire. the 1815, following the second war with great britain which is also referred to as the war of independence, the these big significant properties have become a single giant continental republic, with nearly 10 million citizens, many of whom would already spill over the appalachians into the western territory. the cultural focus of this new huge expensive nation was no longer a broad, but was now directed inward at its own boundless possibilities. americans should do a grand experiment in democracy, but they were confiden
in a few short decades, america underwent, i think, a fantastic transformation. in politics, and society, and the culture. and i think most people wanted what had happened and who they were at the end of this. in the decades following the revolution. before the revolution, america had been a collection of desperate british colonies composed of some 2 million subjects, huddled along the atlantic coast, 3000 miles from the summit of civilization. european outpost of this peak was cultural focus...
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and god bless the united states of america. thank you. >> we will get reaction from those blogin tonight and some of the stories as they have been posted. now the republican response. here is the virginia governor, bob macdonald. >> i am standing here in the virginia house. this building was designed by the thomas jefferson. i am joined by republicans to address the challenges. we were encouraged to hear president obama speak about the need to create jobs. all americans should be able to find and keep meaningful work. many of us here tonight and many of you watching have family or friends that have lost jobs. in fact, one in 10 americans is unemployed. that is unacceptable. we face the highest compliment rate in years. bringing new jobs is a top priority. we must enact policies that innovation so america can better compete with the world. what government should not do is pile on more taxes. it was thomas jefferson who called for a wise and frugal government the. the federal government is trying to do too much. we were told that
and god bless the united states of america. thank you. >> we will get reaction from those blogin tonight and some of the stories as they have been posted. now the republican response. here is the virginia governor, bob macdonald. >> i am standing here in the virginia house. this building was designed by the thomas jefferson. i am joined by republicans to address the challenges. we were encouraged to hear president obama speak about the need to create jobs. all americans should be...
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peninsula trained him, equipped him with knows explosives and directed him to attack that plane headed for america. >> reporter: the president says he is holding his security teams responsible and will meet with them tuesday. >> this includes making sure these communities and the people in them are coordinating effectively and held accountable at every level. >> reporter: the president of delta airlines is demanding answers in the wake of the failed attack. ceo richard anderson says you can be certain we will make our points very clearly in washington. the transportation safety administration has plans to send high level homeland security officials to several international airports. they will discuss security procedures for u.s.-bound flights that include the controversial full body security scanners. in new york, laura engles, fox news. >>> you heard about the health care overhaul in congress. >> but what do the health care workers have to say about it? we'll take you to howard university hospital to hear their take on hospital reform. >>> time square always packed on new year's eve but this year
peninsula trained him, equipped him with knows explosives and directed him to attack that plane headed for america. >> reporter: the president says he is holding his security teams responsible and will meet with them tuesday. >> this includes making sure these communities and the people in them are coordinating effectively and held accountable at every level. >> reporter: the president of delta airlines is demanding answers in the wake of the failed attack. ceo richard...
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which meant turning america to more of a european social democracy than the america that we had known. the most radical speech the president has given in our lifetime. it was a bold, courageous declaration. he's not hiding his intentions but that's why we have had such a clamorous year with so much discord and really high, high decibel debate. >> bret: what about the style of governing and the overall tone? we will talk about healthcare later. but there was an inclination by this white house, by this president to turn over the keys to let pelosi and majority leader reid to run the show and how to get it done. >> it's interesting when he came in office so many terrible things happened that were beyond his control. in his control were promises that were unrealistic. the deference he gave congress, and the enormous influence he allowed the congress to shape his agenda, his important first year. has left him 50% in the polls, starting a tough year and heading to difficult mid-term election for the parties where they face losing seats if not the majority in the congress. and i think that w
which meant turning america to more of a european social democracy than the america that we had known. the most radical speech the president has given in our lifetime. it was a bold, courageous declaration. he's not hiding his intentions but that's why we have had such a clamorous year with so much discord and really high, high decibel debate. >> bret: what about the style of governing and the overall tone? we will talk about healthcare later. but there was an inclination by this white...
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is -- with the unemployment rate, america at 10%. if you have a job, you probably feel lucky but that doesn't necessarily mean you're satisfied with that job. that brings me to the romans numeral for this week. xlv. only 45% of american workers are satisfied with their jobs. according to a survey from the conference board. 45%. that's it. >> i'm fascinated by this. fascinated in an economy where unemployment is at 10% people are not -- i definitely get the feeling every day when i have a job, my god, i've got a job. might be a tough day but teeft ooich gov a job. i'm satisfied by the number dissatisfied. another survey says people given the chance would leave their job. >> working more. productivity. squeezing more out of you every hour. >> people don't feel the freedom to try to move. because of the -- nobody else is going to work. i have to stick with what i do. a natural progression. >> feel like -- i go all over the country a perform and in a lot of different places. there is a feeling of, i think, more just hopelessness, just li
is -- with the unemployment rate, america at 10%. if you have a job, you probably feel lucky but that doesn't necessarily mean you're satisfied with that job. that brings me to the romans numeral for this week. xlv. only 45% of american workers are satisfied with their jobs. according to a survey from the conference board. 45%. that's it. >> i'm fascinated by this. fascinated in an economy where unemployment is at 10% people are not -- i definitely get the feeling every day when i have a...
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. -- and freedoms they wanted, they started america. i like brandnewz.com because they interview ordinary people. hothey cover politics and news d feature of other news sources. >> where we find you in 10 years? for a nonprofit organization. >> next, hello. >> my name is claudia and i attend miami dade college. my major is psychology and i am in my second year. >> what are you here? >> a whole lot to this country. -- by "a lot from this country. i am a cuban refugee. i came here i raft. i can exercise my freedom of speech and freedom of everything. this seminar has given an opportunity to learn about law and the media and out affects everyone. it affects me, my parents, everyone. >> if you make a living asking questions like i do, you do not let somebody say that they can hear on a raft without going into detail. tell us that story. >> i was four years old. it was august 16, 1994. we left that night. we spent four nights and three days at sea, lost. we had no water, no food but luckily, the coast guard came and saved us. we're going to
. -- and freedoms they wanted, they started america. i like brandnewz.com because they interview ordinary people. hothey cover politics and news d feature of other news sources. >> where we find you in 10 years? for a nonprofit organization. >> next, hello. >> my name is claudia and i attend miami dade college. my major is psychology and i am in my second year. >> what are you here? >> a whole lot to this country. -- by "a lot from this country. i am a cuban...
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and, not only does it not undermine america's prosperity, it is the key to america's prosperity, and one of the keys because it maintains a sound money supply. and because in a time of crisis like we had in the late 2008 it is there to step up and make the tough decisions independent of the political process. and it is proven that it can do it. so i would hope it wouldn't allow all this fervor to find, to find fault with people to overwhelm an extremely talented nominee who deserve to be reconfirmed and to be quite honestly need, who we need in that position as chairman of the federal reserve. mr. president, i yield the floor. >> mr. president? >> the senator from oregon is recognized. >> mr. president and i rise today to oppose the nomination of ben bernanke is chairman of the fed. i do so as a member of the banking committee voted against his nomination and the committee. because, i researched his record and on that record i believe that ben bernanke is not the right person to lead the fed. in short, bernanke's decisions over the last eight years as a member of the federal reserve
and, not only does it not undermine america's prosperity, it is the key to america's prosperity, and one of the keys because it maintains a sound money supply. and because in a time of crisis like we had in the late 2008 it is there to step up and make the tough decisions independent of the political process. and it is proven that it can do it. so i would hope it wouldn't allow all this fervor to find, to find fault with people to overwhelm an extremely talented nominee who deserve to be...
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sachs is good for america. not necessarily goldman because they are so popular but jpmorgan chase. [inaudible] has been drawn and there has been no addition so therefore with that asset in the deficit,. [inaudible] >> there are some people some of the argument sorry here is the bang seven actually dealt with the problem and they are still sitting on their balance sheets like japan presumably. i think there are some very respected people. i was on a panel with carmen reinhart and she made this argument. i think there's something in that. clearly there was an accounting dodge when they allowed them to mark all of these assets to market but mark-to-market was having disastrous effects because it starts a done red spiral because mark-to-market is short of capital so they have to sell and prices keep going down so you can get a downward spiral with mark-to-market. you need somewhere in between, and maybe a temporary extension of mark-to-market. my argument why i'm not quite so pessimistic of carmen rideout, paul kru
sachs is good for america. not necessarily goldman because they are so popular but jpmorgan chase. [inaudible] has been drawn and there has been no addition so therefore with that asset in the deficit,. [inaudible] >> there are some people some of the argument sorry here is the bang seven actually dealt with the problem and they are still sitting on their balance sheets like japan presumably. i think there are some very respected people. i was on a panel with carmen reinhart and she made...
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coming from britain, they didn't have the freedoms they wanted so they came to america. and now we're the land of the free. >> where do you go for your news? >> cnn. also, brand newz.com. they interview everyday, ordinary people, news that you would not find on a news. what a nonprofit is doing. who got straight a's this week. they feed off fox and abc as well. it's very diverse. >> what are we going to find you in 10 years? >> probably lobbying far nonprofit organization. >> next? >> hi. my name is claudia. and i attend the miami dade college. and my major is psychology and i'm a second year. >> why are you here? >> i owe a lot to this country. i'm a refugee. i came from cuba on a raft and because of this country i'm able to be here and exercise the freedom of speech, freedom of everything. and this seminar has given me the opportunity to learn a lot about law, about the media and how it affects everyone. it affects me, my parents, just everyone. >> i got to tell you -- if you make a living asking questions like i do, you don't let somebody say you came here on a raft w
coming from britain, they didn't have the freedoms they wanted so they came to america. and now we're the land of the free. >> where do you go for your news? >> cnn. also, brand newz.com. they interview everyday, ordinary people, news that you would not find on a news. what a nonprofit is doing. who got straight a's this week. they feed off fox and abc as well. it's very diverse. >> what are we going to find you in 10 years? >> probably lobbying far nonprofit...
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still ahead, could switzerland's health care be a model for america? >> glor: later this month, congress will begin negotiations to merge the house and senate versions of health care reform into one bill. a glimpse of what the u.s. health care system of the future might look like can be seen right now in switzerland. richard roth has more. >> reporter: picturesque and prosperous, this alpine country in the heart of europe is almost 8 million people known for their love of chocolate almost as much as their love of capitalism. peaceful switzerland hasn't fought a war in almost two centuries, but it was a really battle here reforming health care. >> it was controversial. it is still controversial. >> reporter: the law finally approved in the 1994 national referendum guaranteed health care for everyone by requiring everyone to have insurance. it amounted to a law recognizing health care as a human right, says former swiss president ruth dreyfuss. >> everybody has really the right to receive the medical care they need from birth to the death. >> reporter: t
still ahead, could switzerland's health care be a model for america? >> glor: later this month, congress will begin negotiations to merge the house and senate versions of health care reform into one bill. a glimpse of what the u.s. health care system of the future might look like can be seen right now in switzerland. richard roth has more. >> reporter: picturesque and prosperous, this alpine country in the heart of europe is almost 8 million people known for their love of chocolate...
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south america, central mark. et cetera. i see no indication -- and the numbers don't show any indication -- that the u.s. is willing to spend money and time and effort to reduce its consumption, its demand for drugs. i see no reason to believe the u.s. will do so in the future any more than it has done so at any time in the past since the 1960 1960's, when drugs became part of a certain mainstream of american life. there are people who think this is a terrible situation, there are people who think it is ok like myself. there are people who think it is a great situation. well, that is their opinion. what i think is increasingly difficult to argue is that there is any consensus or willingness in american society to declare a war on drug demand or reduction or drug consumption in the united states through testing, through invasion of privacy, through clampdowns on trade, on everything. is the u.s. willing to send the army into the projects in chicago, into the projects and tenements in new york, in los angeles, into east los a
south america, central mark. et cetera. i see no indication -- and the numbers don't show any indication -- that the u.s. is willing to spend money and time and effort to reduce its consumption, its demand for drugs. i see no reason to believe the u.s. will do so in the future any more than it has done so at any time in the past since the 1960 1960's, when drugs became part of a certain mainstream of american life. there are people who think this is a terrible situation, there are people who...
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but we think it is important that america makes positive change and to do that we must get behind the president when he is right and become concerned when he is wrong. we think that he has done a commendable job so far and we hope that the congress and the senate will stop fighting. >> you had a big event scheduled for later today? >> we are pleased to be part of the annual event headed up by the grand master. they celebrate every year to emancipate proclamations, the 147th year that lincoln made the speech. as we know, people did not get the problems until later. every year we put that into perspective. where were we 147 years ago? fighting for the rights of everyone, doing more in our community, putting that in perspective. we are open to the public at 3:00 p.m., 1311. >> before you go, since you brought it up, the mlk parade, is this holiday doing what so many had hoped? a day to go shopping, a day to take off from work, is this bringing the awareness that many hoped it would? >> being a former president of the southern christian leaders conference is not doing a holiday or what we
but we think it is important that america makes positive change and to do that we must get behind the president when he is right and become concerned when he is wrong. we think that he has done a commendable job so far and we hope that the congress and the senate will stop fighting. >> you had a big event scheduled for later today? >> we are pleased to be part of the annual event headed up by the grand master. they celebrate every year to emancipate proclamations, the 147th year...
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there is a home ownership gap in america. the difference between anglo america and african american/hispanic home ownership is too big. we've got to focus the attention of this nation to address this. and it starts with setting a goal and so by the year 2010 we must increase minority homeowners by at least 5 and half million. >> was that right? is this where you thought the politics of all this started? phil gramm, george bush? >> well we chose phil gramm because, you know, there were a lot of things that happened. you can chose a lot of dates but the legislation in december of 2000 was the really big one because it said basically that you couldn't outlaw derivatives. you couldn't -- it made it if you read it it's very clear that it protects these derivatives, credit default swaps, et cetera. and it allowed them to just balloon beyond control. and gramm was very -- was absolutely instrumental in that. and remember michael greenberger who's voice you hear and who's talking about it who's now, you know, he's a lawyer and profes
there is a home ownership gap in america. the difference between anglo america and african american/hispanic home ownership is too big. we've got to focus the attention of this nation to address this. and it starts with setting a goal and so by the year 2010 we must increase minority homeowners by at least 5 and half million. >> was that right? is this where you thought the politics of all this started? phil gramm, george bush? >> well we chose phil gramm because, you know, there...
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her decision to leave russia to come to america. her early years of struggle in hollywood vomited beginning of her success as a screenwriter, her early try and with the fountainhead. her career making book publisher in 1957. and what i do when the bug as i return to these very well-known novel and i show how deeply we david boas understood the political text. >> here i want to focus not so much of the luminaries but the rank-and-file, the libertarian movement or american right. but what impact did she have on those people whose names we do not remember today? the metaphor i like to use is rand was said gateway drug to life of the rights. i to set deliberately because there is a feverish ms. and intensity to reading ray and that david alluded to that the singular and unique and an important part of her appeal. this is part of what day quote from the book is from a young fan that said "about one months ago i noticed how much i was talking about your books to my teachers and classmates. as a result of my enthusiasm i have lost two frie
her decision to leave russia to come to america. her early years of struggle in hollywood vomited beginning of her success as a screenwriter, her early try and with the fountainhead. her career making book publisher in 1957. and what i do when the bug as i return to these very well-known novel and i show how deeply we david boas understood the political text. >> here i want to focus not so much of the luminaries but the rank-and-file, the libertarian movement or american right. but what...
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we knew about america, but what we knew, america very different. we knew something that we learn from the 19th century america. and then this new world and we tried to find out how books, i found this book very interesting, but i just wanted detail of this book of the story, but from that aside, my first wish, was what you wrote this book. 50 years ago, visit from one leader of one country to the united states. i think there may be other leaders came here. sometimes khrushchev was eccentric. and president yeltsin was more eccentric, and when khrushchev came here, he just showed the time like this contemporary politician that we prefer to go to the common show, because most of the young people interest in this, maybe it was part of this. my father's behavior. maybe it was because it was back through the old war mentality on both sides, but not eliminate at that time in one visit, but it would change so why you wrote this? >> guest: i wrote the book because i happen to stumble upon the story of your father, nikita khrushchev's trip to the united stat
we knew about america, but what we knew, america very different. we knew something that we learn from the 19th century america. and then this new world and we tried to find out how books, i found this book very interesting, but i just wanted detail of this book of the story, but from that aside, my first wish, was what you wrote this book. 50 years ago, visit from one leader of one country to the united states. i think there may be other leaders came here. sometimes khrushchev was eccentric....
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this administration is attacking corporate america. corporate america needs a voice. . host: what on your thoughts on labor unions being able to do the same? guest: labor unions are membership organizations. if the courts as people have to join a union and they disagree with the way they spend the money, they get the rebate and get the money back. unions had the right before this decision to create political action committees, and that was sufficient. we did not need to go ahead and said that they could take money away from the treasury fund. host: debbie on the independents' line, you are next. caller: good morning. they seem to be evading direct questions from the caller is in regard to individual rights. the corporation is not an individual. if i work for our corporation and they take funds out of the corporate money and sway public opinion on a senator or the mayor or whoever, they are not representing me. i am part of that corporation. stop evading the questions that the callers call in. quit talking about all of the semantics and get to what the people are afraid
this administration is attacking corporate america. corporate america needs a voice. . host: what on your thoughts on labor unions being able to do the same? guest: labor unions are membership organizations. if the courts as people have to join a union and they disagree with the way they spend the money, they get the rebate and get the money back. unions had the right before this decision to create political action committees, and that was sufficient. we did not need to go ahead and said that...